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WILLIAM C SPROULE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1944 – May 10, 1968
Service recordWilliam C Sproule JR, of Folcroft, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 15
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Folcroft, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 58E, Line 15
- ROGER L DUCEFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- EDMUND BAGWEL SCARBOROUGHCaptain · May 10, 1968
- VERLE JENNINGS SKIDMORELance Corporal · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES SCOTT BROWNCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 4
- WARREN GRAYSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 7
- ROBERT LEE OWENSSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 12
- ROGER ZIMMERMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 18
From Folcroft
- ROBERT MICHAEL HENDERSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- FRANCIS KAIRAITISSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES MANNSergeant · January 11, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD ALLARDPrivate First Class · April 19, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.